The 10 Best Dive Bars In Austin - Austin - The Infatuation

"You’ll probably see a bunch of young people in swim trunks standing around Deep Eddy Cabaret. Many of them stumbled in from Pool Burger, a busy tiki bar that shares a wall with Deep Eddy. That’s how it starts for a lot of first-timers here, at least until they realize how much more relaxed and affordable life is inside of this dark bar. The building has been around for over a century, though it’s only been Deep Eddy Cabaret since the early ‘50s. It’s put in the work to become one of Austin’s most iconic dives. To visit a piece of Austin history" - nicolai mccrary